Paleontology Documents

Showing 1 to 30 of 47

HISTORICAL GEOLOGY LECTURE, PAGE 1
I. Introduction
A. Geology
- the study of the Earth
1. Physical Geology
- study of the Earth's materials, such as minerals and rocks, and the various physical and
chemical changes that occur on its surface and in its int

NAME _PALEONTOLOGY LECTURE TEST # 1 2011
1. The production of amino acids must take place in an ? environment. A.aerobic B.anaerobic
2. In the ? the coelom forms by splitting the mesodermal tissue. A.pseudocoelomates
B.enterocoelomates C.schizocoelomates

PALEO LABORATORY # 5, PAGE 1
PALEO LAB # V - WORMS, ICHNOLOGY AND ARTHROPODS
A. Phylum Annelida
In early classifications, all worm-like organisms were placed within a single phylum, the
Vermes. However, subsequent research has shown that many distinct for

PALEO LAB # 1, PAGE 1
PALEO LAB # I - FOSSIL PRESERVATION, PALEOECOLOGY AND TAXONOMY
EXERCISE # 1 - Referring to your lecture notes, the Power Point presentation, and the
discussion in Chapter I of your text, define the method of preservation for each lab

NAME _ PALEONTOLOGY FINAL - 2009
1. The ? include the owls. A.Charadriiformes B.Falconiformes C.Passeriformes D.Anseriformes
E.Strigiformes
2. The "Great Faunal Interchange" was between A.North America and Eurasia B.Eurasia and Africa C.North
America and

NAME _ PALEONTOLOGY LECTURE FINAL
_ 1. Gymnosperms are probably a ? group. A.monophyletic B.polyphyletic
_ 2. The most important group of modern birds are the A.passerines B.ratites C.strigiforms D.anseriforms
E.falconiforms
_ 3. Reptiles A.reduce the siz

NAME _ PALEONTOLOGY FINAL LECTURE TEST
_ 1. The iridium layer and shocked quartz has been utilized to explain the causes of the extinction events at
the end of the A.Permian B.Pleistocene C.Cretaceous D.the iridium layer and shocked quartz has been
utiliz

PALEO LABORATORY # 8, PAGE 1
PALEO LAB VIII - LAND PLANTS AND PALYNOLOGY
The study of fossil protists and plants is conducted by micropaleontologists and
paleobotanists. The field of paleobotany, involving the study of fossil plants, may be divided
into a

PALEO LABORATORY # 11, PAGE 1
PALEO LAB # XI - MAMMALS
Class Mammalia
According to modern biological classification, mammals are warm-blooded, hairy
vertebrates which suckle their young. Since none of these features are preserved in the fossil
record, it

NAME _ PALEONTOLOGY LECTURE TEST # 2
_ 1. The most primitive crustaceans, in which there may be more than 40 body segments, are the A.Cirripedia
B.Branchiopoda C.Malacostraca D.Ostracoda E.Blastoidea
_ 2. The ? have radial symmetry, most have tentacles, a

PALEO LAB # 2, PAGE 1
PALEO LAB # II - PROTEROZOIC AND EARLY PALEOZOIC FOSSILS AND
MICROPALEONTOLOGY
Although I do not expect you to generate art-quality renderings of fossils, please be neat with
your art and make the drawings large enough where I (and y